Darien Expedition. Comd'r Selfridge, comd'g
Jarvis, J. F. (John F.)
b. 1850
publisher
still image
Graphic
Stereographs -- 1860-1870
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870
Expedition photographs -- 1860-1870
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870
Group portraits -- 1860-1870
dcu
Washington (D.C.)
D.C. Washington
J.F. Jarvis
[1870 or 1871]
1870
monographic
eng
12 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 17.5 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Series of titled views from T.O. Selfridge's Darien Expedition include, "Sea, curving Cupica Bay," "U.S.S. Nipsic, Columbia Bay," "Limon River, at the falls," "Santa Maria del Real," "Cliffs, Limon Bay," "Natural Arch, Cupica Bay," "Islands, Cupica Bay," "Family scene, Cartagena," "Mango tree, near Pinogana," "A group of natives, Chipigana," "Scene Chipigana, Gulf of Darien," and "Cocoa Grove, near Turbo." Images depict rock formations, small islands, and waterfalls in various bodies of water, including Cupica Bay, Limon River and Limon Bay; a mango tree near Pinogana and a cocoa grove near Turbo; the steam gunboat U.S.S. Nipsic in the Colombia Bay; the village of Santa Maria del Real from the water; and two group portraits of locals, including a group standing outside of two huts in Chipigana, and a view of a family in their home in Cartagena. Views from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871.
Titles on mounts.
Publication information supplied by William C. Darrah.
United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1870)
Expeditions & surveys
Panama
Darien, Isthmus of
Tropical forests
Rock formations
Gunboats
Waterfalls
Villages
Cliffs
Islands
Families
Fruit trees
Cartagena (Colombia)
Cupica, Gulf of (Colombia)
Limon Bay (Panama)
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
stereo - Darien Expedition [66653.D.1-12]
Tropical Scenery
Darrah, The World of Stereographs p. 141.
Tropical Scenery
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